Introduction to Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam

Name: Introduction to Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam
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Understand the main concepts of Project Management and PMP to be a successful Project Manager.

Created byBayhas Al Sawady

Last updated 10/2024

English

What you'll learn

Understand what defines a project
Identify foundational Project Management elements
Manage project constraints in terms of time, cost, and scope
Deal with organizational influences on Project Life Cycle

Course content

7 sections • 26 lectures • 1h 24m total length

Lecture 1: Your Trainer & Your Course2:11
Find out more about Your Trainer and Your Course!
Lecture 2: Who are you?0:10
Introduce yourself!

What is Project Management?2:42
What is a Project, and what is Project Management?
Stats... When did it all start?2:15
According to a Chaos report, over half of projects cost more than 189% of their original estimates, and 31% of projects are cancelled even before they start.
Why Do Projects Fail?1:52
Do you know that 7 out of 10 projects fail is some aspect? The larger the project is, the greater the risk of failure.
Why Do Projects Succeed?2:39
What are the main factors that make up a successful project?
10 Project Management Knowledge Areas4:48
Project Management Triangle

Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management

Supporting Knowledge Areas

Human Resources Management, Communication Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management, Stakeholder Management

Integration Management

Project Management Framework Introduction1:14
By Project Managment Framework, we mean the best practices project managers can use to manage their projects.
More about PM Definitions1:46
By a Project, we refer to a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique result, service or product. This lecture defines common Project Management terminology.
Project Management and Strategy7:44
What is a Program? What is a Portfolio? What are the relationships among Portfolio Management, Program Management, Project Management, and Organizational Project Management?
Project Management and Operations Management3:41
What is the relationship between Project Management, Operations Management, and Organizational Strategy?
Ingredients of Project Manager Success1:50
What is the role of a Project Manager?

Introduction to Organizational Influences on Project Management1:13
Organizational Cultures and Styles, Organizational Communications, Organizational Structures
Types of Organizational Structures to Support PM14:03
Organizational Structures: Functional, Weak Matrix, Balanced Matrix, Strong Matrix, Projectized, Composite
Organizational Process Assets1:22
Policies & Procedures, Corporate Knowledge Base
Enterprise Environmental Factors0:56
Government or Industry Standards, Infrastructure, Marketplace Conditions, Political Climate, Existing Human Resources
Project Stakeholders and Governance4:12
Project stakeholders: Sponsor, Seller, Users

Project Governance: project success and deliverable acceptance criteria; process to identify, escalate, and resolve issues; project decision-making processes; guidelines for aligning project governance and organizational strategy

Project Success

Project Team

Composition of project teams: Part time, Dedicated
Project Life Cycle Overview7:06
Product vs. Project Life Cycle Relationships

Project Phases

Characteristics of the Project Life Cycle
General Characteristics of Project Life Cycle6:24
Project Life Cycle Structure and General Charactaristics
Project Management Methodologies3:30
Project Phases:

Predictive Life Cycles (fully plan-driven)

Iterative and Incremental Life Cycles

Adaptive Life Cycles (change-driven or agile methods)

Introduction to Project Management Processes2:23
What is a process? What are the characteristics of a process?

Product-oriented processes vs. Project Management Processes
Interactions among Project Management Processes2:10
What is the interaction between the Project Management process groups?

Initiating Process Group

Planning Process Group

Executing Process Group

Monitoring and Controlling Process Group

Closing Process Group
The 47 Colored Process Chart5:47
According to PMBOK5, there are 47 processes across 10 knowledge areas and 5 process groups. The combined set of inputs and outputs contains 409 entries that are shared across processes.

Requirements

This is an introductory course, useful for those who would like to be introduced to the basic concepts of Project Management. No prior knowledge is requested.

Description

Even wondered how big companies choose their Project Managers? In this course, you will be introduced to eye-opening concepts of Project Management. This course will help you understand why some projects fail, and why others succeed, and you will be able to identify project management life cycle and processes as well as organizational influences.

This FREE course is a quick introduction to the PMP course, meant to explain the basic concepts of Project Management, starting from defining the main terms used in the field such as: project, program, portfolio, as well as the link to strategic planning.

The course illustrates Project Management Triangle (Scope, Time, and Cost), in addition to the core and supporting knowledge areas a Project Manager should master. It also covers the project life cycle and phases as well as organizational influences on managing projects, including organizational cultures, communications, structures. Furthermore, it gives you an overview of Project Management process groups and interaction forms among them.

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Who this course is for:

This Project Management training course is meant to be a quick introduction to new project managers as well as those who already have hands-on experience but want to learn more about professional standards and processes adopted by Project Management experts.
The information presented in this course can be considered a useful introduction to further training in Project Management.

Introduction to Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam

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Getting Started5 lectures • 14min

Project Management Framework Introduction5 lectures • 16min

Organizational Influences and Project Life Cycle8 lectures • 39min

Project Management Processes for a Project3 lectures • 10min

Final Words2 lectures • 3min

Complete PMP Exam Preparation Course1 lecture • 1min

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